Maugean skate captive breeding program needs clean harbour for best chance of success
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane Society International (HSI) Australia welcome federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement today of $2.1 million funding to establish a captive breeding program for Tasmania’s endangered Maugean skate, and say a clean harbour is also needed.
Cancel Macquarie Harbour salmon licences to save endangered Maugean skate
Environment organisations have called on Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to not renew fish farm licences for Macquarie Harbour when they expire this year to give the endangered Maugean skate a chance of survival in its only home.
